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DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



PHILACTE CANAGICA {Sfvas/). 



Emperor Qoose. 



Ailult : Head and bae-k ot neck, white, soinetimes tinged witli rustj' brown or orantje brown ; 

 tliroat, brownish gray, dotted more or less with white; general plumage, slaty gray, the 

 featliers tipped with ashy white and showing a subterminal band of l)rown, darker on the 



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J'llilactl' r:tJKlj;:ica. 



back than on tlie under part^ : greater portion ol outer tail feathers, white; iimer featliers, 

 hoary gray, edged with white; axillars, lioary gray, sometimes tipjM'd with dull white. 



\\^iug, l.T.7.5; tarsus, 2. .50; bill (cuhnun), 1 ..5.5 ; bill (nostril to tip), 1 inch; bill (angle of 

 mouth to tip), 1.87; feet, flesh color; eye, dark l)rowTi. 



J/ahiktt : "Coast and islands of Alaska north of the peninsula, cliiefly about Norton 

 Sound and th(! valley of the Lower Yukon, C'omniander Islands, Kamchatka, casually south- 

 wai-d to Humboldt Bay, California." (A. O. l'.) 



The Euiperor Goose breeds in Alaska, where it is alnindaut in many locali- 

 ties. The nest is placed on the ground, the eggs are white, usually discolored 

 with more or less brown. 



